Friday, April 4, 2014

The EarthTemp
Network aims to stimulate new international collaboration in measuring and
understanding the surface temperatures of Earth. Motivated by the need for
better understanding of how different types of measurements relate, including
both in situ and satellite observations the network is international but funded
by the UK’s Natural Environment Research
Council.

The 2014 meeting will bring together about
60 researchers from all over the world who specialise in different types of
measurement of surface temperature. The meeting will be specifically designed
to review the latest science of surface temperatures for Africa, identify
future developments, and, importantly facilitate new connections and
collaborations between researchers who may not normally meet. Therefore, the
programme emphasizes activities that actively increase networking and
interaction between the participants and that enable structured discussions
towards the goal of identifying key research opportunities. A preliminary
programme can be found at the EarthTemp
Network website, follow the links to the ‘Annual themes and workshop’ link
on the left hand side.

The meeting will be held on the 23-25th
June 2014 at The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany. Registration
is free and lunch will be provided each day of the meeting, with a dinner on
the Tuesday evening also included. If you are interested in attending this
meeting please go to the to the EarthTemp webpage and follow links to the
Annual themes and workshop. As places are limited we
strongly encourage you to act quickly.

The workshop will be immediately followed by the GlobTemperature 2nd
user consultation meeting in the same location, on the 25-26th June.
GlobTemperature is a European Space Agency funded project to support the land
surface temperature (LST) community to develop products and access mechanisms
better suited to users. Participants at the EarthTemp workshop are very welcome
to attend this meeting. More details can be found on the GlobTemperature website.